{"product_id":"black-white-and-brown-the-landmark-school-desegregation-case-in-retrospect","title":"Black, White, and Brown: The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black, White, and Brown: The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect (Hardcover, 258 pages) – CQ Press, 2004. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA Publication of the Supreme Court Historical Society Preface by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew decisions in constitutional law have had as dramatic an impact on American life as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954). This collection of essays published by the Supreme Court Historical Society and CQ Press to commemorate Brown′s 50th anniversary, captures the complex history and legacy of the decision that changed public education and race relations in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeading constitutional scholars chronicle the path of the law from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) legitimating \"separate but equal\" in all realms of public life to Brown holding segregated schools to be \"inherently unequal\" in 1954. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in Black, White and Brown examine: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow civil rights litigators chipped away at the logic underpinning the separate-but-equal doctrine, focusing their greatest efforts on exposing the injustice of segregation in education. These essays bring that struggle into clearer focus. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe challenges in enforcing Brown and its impact on African-American rights and race relations in America. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow public and scholarly opinion about the case has changed over the last five decades and what lessons can be learned from Brown. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role that the lawsuit played in the lives of some of the litigants, the justices, the law clerks, and the attorneys who argued the case. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh school students and educators will find a lively, easy-to-read collection that makes the complex constitutional and social issues comprehensible. For educators, the volume includes an essay that traces the best methods and resources for teaching the case in the classroom. Also included are a bibliographic essay, index to aid further research, and nine pages of illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   About the Author   Clare Cushman is director of publications for the Supreme Court Historical Society, a private nonprofit organization dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Society accomplishes its mission by conducting educational programs of interest to legal practitioners, scholars, and the general public by supporting historical research; by publishing books, journals,\u003cbr\u003eand electronic materials; and by collecting antiques and artifacts related to the Court’s history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelvin I. Urofsky is a professor emeritus of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, earning his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. at Columbia University and his J.D. at University of Virginia. Urofsky is the author or editor of more than two dozen books on constitutional law, Supreme Court history, and religious freedoms.\u003c\/p\u003e                                           ","brand":"Clare Cushman, Melvin I. Urofsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069181612266,"sku":"9781568029115","price":79.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61RoSC_2t9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781204409","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/black-white-and-brown-the-landmark-school-desegregation-case-in-retrospect","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}